From Boston to New York is two hundred miles

【问】 (a) It's two hundred miles from Boston to New York.

(b) From Boston to New York is two hundred miles.

请问句(b)是否是正确的英语?介词短语能充当主语吗?

【答】 句(b)是正确的表达方法。这就是说，介词短语也被承认有权充当句子的主语。

1.To Beijing is not very far.(AEG)

到北京不很远。

455 from...to/from...through

2. From racing to politics was a short step. (VOA)

从赛马到政治，只是一步之隔。

3. From here to Philadephia is only a hundred miles. (CGEL)

从这里到费城只有100英里。